globe thistle

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globe thistle

Any of several Eurasian plants of the genus Echinops in the composite family, having bipinnately dissected leaves with prickly margins and dense, bluish, globose flower heads.

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globe thistle - any of various plants of the genus Echinops having prickly leaves and dense globose heads of bluish flowers

Echinops, genus Echinops - genus of Mediterranean and Eurasian herbs: globe thistles

herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

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The blue globe thistle, echinops, is a bee favourite and looks stunning.

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The daisy-like flowers and height (they can grow to 5ft tall) mean they work well towards the back of the border, attracting bees and butterflies and adding impact alongside globe thistle (Echinops) and monarda.

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Dictamnus (Gas Plant), Globe Thistle and Baptisia will grow and flower year after year.

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Ma'Carry Cairo's garden has that winter look: a few last straggling yellow blossoms on the evening primrose, bright red berries on the cotoneaster, bursting seedpods on the globe thistle.

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The globe thistle (Echinops bannaticus) produces eye-catching soft blue spiny globes on top of silvery stems, which grow to around 1.

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That's why gardeners interplant Oriental poppies with concealing companions such as baby's breath, catmint, globe thistle, Heliopsis, purple coneflower, and Russian sage.

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Globe thistle (Echinops) is another unusual beauty.

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But then there's also astilbe, the globe thistle (Echinops bannaticus), achillea, golden rod (Solidago), the brilliant seeds in the open pods of the roast beef plant (Iris foetidissima) and of course the silvery, tissue paper pods of honesty (Lunaria).

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Has: broad-leaf green hostas, ornamental globe thistle (purple), sedum, primrose and feverfew.